“Sure Washington politicians select to combat for international international locations, however President Trump will all the time combat for the American folks,” White Home spokesman Raj Shah mentioned when requested to touch upon the Submit story, earlier than outlining Trump’s necessities for an immigration deal.

“The president will solely settle for an immigration deal that adequately addresses the visa lottery system and chain migration — two applications that harm our economic system and permit terrorists into our nation,” the spokesman mentioned. “Like different nations which have merit-based immigration, President Trump is preventing for everlasting options that make our nation stronger by welcoming those that can contribute to our society, develop our economic system and assimilate into our nice nation. He’ll all the time reject short-term, weak and harmful stopgap measures that threaten the lives of hardworking People and undercut immigrants who search a greater life in the USA by way of a authorized pathway.”

Trump has been quoted criticizing immigrants from these international locations prior to now. The New York Instances reported in December he once suggested Haitian immigrants “all have AIDS,” and Nigerian immigrants would by no means “return to their huts” if granted entrance to the U.S.

The White Home denied these allegations on the time.

Within the assembly, lawmakers reportedly floated reinstating Short-term Protected Standing (TPS) for international locations which were faraway from this system as a part of an immigration deal.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced it will finish TPS for greater than 260,000 immigrants from El Salvador.

Trump campaigned on a hardline immigration stance and has tried to implement limits by way of his journey ban, which has been challenged a number of instances in courts.